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FIH releases schedules for the final World Cup qualifiers
Santiago, Hyderabad and Ismailia will decide seven remaining places per gender.
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The International Hockey Federation confirmed schedules for the final qualification tournaments for the 2026 World Cup. Santiago will host men’s and women’s competitions, Hyderabad a women’s event and Ismailia a men’s event, distributing the remaining places across three continents.
Eight teams contest each tournament. The top three in each gender’s two events qualify automatically, while the highest-ranked team among the fourth-place finishers takes the seventh available place. Nine teams per gender had already secured their World Cup berths.
Hyderabad’s competition runs from March 8 to 14 and Ismailia’s from March 1 to 7. The announced Santiago schedule covers late February and early March. Successful sides advance to Belgium and the Netherlands for the World Cup from August 15 to 30.
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